The Sun. — London, England, 1838-09-01 00:00:00

PIRIT OF TitE PUBLIC JOURNALS. from a vassal of the Sultan the recognition of sovereign rights, and made use of her pretended alliance with Great Britain to exclude our commerce, shipping and manufac tures from Morocco to Tunis, and from the Mediterranean to the Niger. In the reply of the Prime Minister to Lord Lyndhurst's exposition, it was stated that the difference which had arisen with the French Government " was now a matter of negociation." What other negociation is re quired than the presence of a British frigate permanently stationed at Portendic ? If, as Lord Palmerston is com pelled to admit in the presence of the representatives of England, the rights of England are unquestionable, what possible excuse can be alleged for his conniving in the pro hibition by France of an intercourse through which alone the manufactures of this country may be enabled to with stand the successful competition of foreign industry, but too fatallyestbliehedin every quarter of the Globe?—Times. The resolutions of the Postage Committee of the late Session, which we published on Wednesday from a provin cial paper, will have been read, we doubt not, with some surprise by those who take an interest in this important subject. It certainly will not tend to increase the reputa tion of the " Reformed" House of Commons for capacity to watch over the business concerns of the country, when it comes to be generally known that one of its Committees had passed a resolution in favour of an uniform rate of postage for the whole of the United Kingdom. The many, perhaps, will pass this resolution over, not understanding exactly what it means ; but when they learn that the Com mittee has resolved that the distance which a letter is carried shall make no difference in the charge for car rying it, and that whether a man live at Edmonton, or at Edinburgh, he ought, in the opinion of the Com mittee, to pay precisely the same sum for the carriage of a letter from London, they will then, we think, agree with us that the persons who came to such an opinion can have been little short of crazy. We know that in adopting this opinion the Committee has merely followed the example of a gentleman of the name of Hill, who has published an in genious pamphlet, containing some important truth, mixed up with a vast deal of positiveness and extravagance. But the thing to be complained of is that persons in the situation of Members of Parliament should have so little sense of the importance of what they do, and of the care they should take before adopting any startling theory, as to be led away by this strange crotchet of Mr. Hill. We do not blame him for putting this odd idea into a pamphlet, for that does not signify much, and the more queer the idea started, the more probability there was of its obtaining some notoriety, which was perhaps the principal thing that Mr. Hill de sired. But the resolutions of a Committee of the House of Commons do signify much, or ought to do so, unless that branch of the Legislature is to sink into utter con tempt ; and we therefore cannot help lamenting that a ma jority of the members of the Post-office Committee were so silly as to be led away by the most extravagant crotchet of all Mr. Hill's extravagant and crotchetty pamphlet. The Government is much to blame in this. Tl-. 0 Ministers in the House of Commons ought not to have been so far afraid of Mr. Wallace, the meddling Member for Greenock, as to allow him to obtain a Committee for considering the plans proposed in a pamphlet. They thought, no doubt, that by putting a Lord of the Treasury on the Committee, they might manage the affair their own way, without offend ing Mr. Wallace. But they were mistaken. That gentle man, with the very best intentions, but with a fidgetty desire to be useful, which amounts in his case to a disease, turned out utterly unmanageable ; and we have reason to believe that Lord Seymour, after having taken very great pains with the business before the Committee, and after having pre pared a report in which the evidence was very elaborately condensed and arranged, found himself obliged to abandon the Committee in disgust before it had concluded its la bours. Will the Scotch Journal, which has been so obliging as to anticipate the printer of the House of Commons, by giving to the public the resolutions of the Committee, add to the general information by printing the resolutions pro posed by Lord Lowther, or the report prepared by Lord Seymour ? Let this be done, and the public will then see the difference between the judgments of men accustomed to the consideration of important affairs, and the crud , conceits of fuming, fretting, fussy speculators, who deal with public matters as if they thought the management of Go vernment was like the management of a chandler's shop. We are very well aware—no one more so—of the very great expediency of a reform in Post-office affairs. We believe that the rate of postage is pitched much too high, both with reference to public convenience, and the produc tiveness of the revenue. The existing rules with regard to double and treble postages in this country are preposterous, and the abuses—not to say the wholesale uselessness of the franking system—require to be reformed with a bold and skilful hand. But the greatest obstacle in the way of sound improvement is to be found in such mere extrava gance as the late Committee has thought proper to adopt from Mr. Hill's pamphlet, beginning with a resolution in f ivour of an uniform rate of postage as sung ea the state of tae revenue will admit of risking a large temporary reduction." They propose that the rate shall not only be uniform, but that it shall be only a penny per half ounce weight, which is about twice the weight of an ordinary single letter. This they resolve, though it is clear that, at the present number of letters, that charge would not pay the expences, even supposing the public revenue from postage to be wholly abandoned, and though the instruction to the Committee was to con sider what improvements might be introduced without detriment to the present amount of revenue. Mr. Hill has entered into calculations to show that the difference of cost between sending a letter to Edmonton or to Edinburgh is so small as not (upon each letter) to be measured by any existing coin. Therefore he would make no difference in the charge, and this precious logic the Committee adopts. Mr. Hill, however, has not shown that the expense to the Post-office of sending a mail to Edinburgh is not appreciably greater than that of sending it to Edmonton. We repeat that the Government has been much to blame in allowing the important subject of Post-office Reform to get into such hands as the majority of the late Committee. If Mr. Sprino. Rice wants any confirmation of this opinion, let him ask Lord Soy mour.—Morning Post. We have autherily to state, that the Rev. Dr. Hook has not been deprived of his Chaplaincy, nor directed not to preach in his turn at the Chapel Royal ; nor has any notice whatsoever been taken of any sermon which he may have delivered there.—Morning Chronicle. " Out of the frying-pan into the fire." The Tories af ford a fine illustration of the folly of which this old saw is a homely but vivid image. The frying-pan represents Irish Corporation Reform ; the fire is the Corn-Exchange, into which the Tories have leaped to escape the "ignes minores" of legitimate and Constitutional excitement. Lest the sun of liberty should scorch them, they rush into the flames of agitation to be grilled and roasted. That the country should feel the kindly glow of freedom is nottobeborne ; and to prevent such a horror they hesitate not to embroil it in thefiercest heats of popular commotion. What an odd fish Toryism is, to prefer being broiled on the live coals, to the moderated fervour of the comfortable pan. Suppos ing the excitement of legally constituted bodies to be an evil, still there is in the conduct of the Tories a neglect of the common wisdom which of two evils prescribes the selection of the lesser. One would say that a Catholic Alderman was a less formidable person than a Catholic incendiary ; a Catholic Alderman would have something to do besides exciting and haranguing ; while the sole business of a Ca tholic incendiary being agitation, he can devote his entire time and energies to that employment. There must and will be Catholic agitators until there are Catholic Al dermen ; but a Catholic Alderman once created removes one of the motives to agitation, and renders the Catholic agitator at least one degree less powerful and less alarm ing. The folly of the Tory leap from the frying-pan of free municipalities into the blazing fire of renewed agitation would not be altogether so foolish, were it not that this is a fire unquenchable until the free muni cipalities are constituted. And the Tories ought to know this better than any other party in the State. Can they have forgotten how they extinguished the great fire that blazed at the Corn Exchange in the years 1828 and 1829? Only by taking the course which the foolish fish in the pro verb did not take, and preferring the frying-pan to the fire. But another recommendation of the frying-pan is the high degree of probability, indeed the certainty, that the fire will go down, or subside at least to a very tolerable de gree of heat, if the prudent side of the alternative be adopted. The flame that is inextinguishable at the Corn Exchange would partake far less of the vestal quality were it transferred to the town-halls of reformed corporations, and cooled and tempered by the forms of law and the in c‘itable routine of municipal business. The example of our English Corporations might satisfy the Tories that legally constructed bodies, even though framed upon popular prin ciples, are not in the highest degree retentive of the heat of party. The Associations at the Corn Exchange are the bodies that retain heat in perfection, while at the same time they possess the property of propagating in flammation all around them. We shall have more poli tical excitement from a single week's working of the new Precarsor Society than fifty municipal corporations, of the most liberal fabric, would produce in a twelvemonth. And the excitement, the Tories may be certain, will not be limited to the capital, but will spread through the provinces with the velocity peculiar to the flame kindled by insult and injustice. The Tories must not flatter themselves that, by submitting to a college of agitation in Dublin, they avoid the dangers of schools of agitation through the country ; for, they may depend upon it, the college founded by Mr. O'Connell will prove the" alma mater" of a flourish ing progeny of provincial seminaries. It is in vain for the Tories to say, we will not agree to Municipal Reform, because it will lead to violent popular excitement : whether it will - or not is matter of speculation ; but it is no matter of speculation, but matter of fact, that withholding Municipal Reform leads to that formidable result. Normal schools of agitation established by law may be great evils, but when we find that we must have normal schools of agitation, with the law or without the law, the objection to a law for establishing such schools loses all validity. We are far from denying that there are conceivable circumstances in which even a good measure of Irish Municipal Reform might lead to results such as the Tories anticipate : we are confident that were the Tories to come into office, and, playing the same unprincipled game which they played on the question of Catholic Eman cipation, carry the identical Corporation Bill which they now oppose so strenuously, or even a still broader and more satisfactory measure, we are confident, we say, that anything but a state of political quiescence would result from it. Such a measure, carried like emancipation, by a party unconvinced of its justice and wisdom, and only influenced by the sense that further resistance *.o it, would be impolitic and dangerous, could not posibly have a heal ing or sedative operation ; but, on the contrary, the people of Ireland would have Another proof that no public object is attainable in that country except through the instru- e m entality of the system of tactics entitled agitation ; and if it were at all practicable to construct an agitating ma chinery out of the new municipal institutions, we may be tolerably certain the prophecy of the " normal schools" would be fulfilled. The Tories in office would have no choice between frying-pan and fire : the pan and the fire would be equally disagreeable. In this case it would not be "out of the frying-pan into the tire," but the contrary— out of the fire into the frying-pan, but a frying pen red hot—out of the peril of agitation into the peril of reluctant and compulsory concession—out of the Corn Exchange into the identical Municipal Reform which they detest so cordially, and which, unquestionably, passed by a Tory Ministry, would be only a new incentive to popular movements. The Scripture says well, " those that are evil cannot give good gifts." Most true is this with reference to parties. An evil party like the Tories cannot pass good measures. The evil of the giver cleaves to the gift. An Act of Parliament has a letter and a spirit ; and it is not enough that the letter should he remedial, unless the spirit be so also ; and the spirit of an Act (in the most important sense of the term) is the spirit of the Government by which it is proposed. A measure of relief passed in a spirit of oppression removes the grievance, but leaves behind the f. silted and bitter feeling which the grievance generated.— Morning Chronicle. Amongst the violations of our commercial and maritime rights enumerated by Lord Lyndhurst as justifying the appeal of the commercial towns to the Queen and the House of Lords, not the least important, as illustrating the collusion of her Majesty's servants with the Russian faction in the Cabinet of Louis Philippe, are the transactions on the western coast of Africa. It appears from the speech of Lord Lyndhurst, that so long ago as 1834 two British merchant vessels, the Industry and the Governor Temple, whilst trading with the Trazars, a native population exer cising the rights of sovereignty on the coast, were forcibly seized by a French ship of war, on the plea of a pretended infraction of existing treaties between France and England, and that these vessels have been since appropriated by the French Marine, with out any legal form of procedure and adjudication. In the present case the amount of the loss to the owners is not " merely 100 tons of salt," but cargoes va lued at 100,0001., and the prospect of a valuable introduc tion of our manufactures amongst the numerous tribes in the interior of Africa. The national importance of our trade with the country of the Trazars, as producing a su perior quality of gum, indispensable in almost every branch of manufacture, has been so highly appreciated by Holland, and successively by France and England, that the liberty of trading with the ports on the coast of Senegal formed a separate condition in the treaties of peace between France and England, not only at the conclusion of the seven years' war, but subsequently at the peace of 1783, when the loss of our American possessions rendered peace an object desirable upon almost any terms, consist ent with our national honour and our imprescriptible commercial rights. The 9th article of the treaty of 1783 states—" As to the gum trade, the English shall have the liberty of carrying it on from the mouth of the river St. John to the bay and fort of Portendic in clusively, provided that they shall not form any permanent settlement, of what nature scever, in the said river St. John, upon the coast, or in the bay of Portendic." Du ring the late war with France, England recovered posses sion of the Senegal and the western coast of Africa, and subsequently to the treaty of 1814 France has claimed the restitution of her former possessions in virtue of the Bth article of the treaty of Paris, which restores to France" the colonies and fisheries, factories and establishments of every kind, which were possessed by France on the Ist of Janu ary, 1792, in the seas and on th e cont i nents of America, Asia, and Africa." As the French destroyed their es tablishment at Portendic in 1787, it is doubtful whether, under the terms of the treaty of Paris, they have any legal right:whatever to the re-occupation of Portendic, but under no possible pretence can they clai m t h e right of excluding us from "the liberty of carrying on the gum trade," which was secured to us by the treaty of 1783. The explanation of the , conduct of the Briti s h Government given by her MajestyS s Secretary oftate for Foreign Affairs, when the subject was brought before the House of Commons by Dr. Lusbinaton in May last, in serted, together with the justification of the French autho rities, in another portion of our col umns, may enable the commercial communities of Great Britain to estimate how far they may re c k on on the maintenance of their rights in the innumerable questions which may be expected to arise from similar aggressions on the part of France . on the coasts of the Mediterranean, the Atlantic, and Pacific shores of Mexico, and the coasts of Chili an d d Buenos Ayres. Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State distinctly admits, in the House of Commons at least, the justice of the claims of the owners to in demnity for the losses to which they have been ex pose], and allows three years to elapse during which the honour of England and the rights of her citizens have been openly violated on a continent in which France has wrested A large body of people met in Stradbally on Thurs day last, for the purpose of cockfighting ; but their projected sport having been prohibited by the authorities, the fellows retired in the evening to the public-houses in the town, where several encounters took place, in one of which a man named Casey got such a frighVul beating, his skull having been fractured, that his life is despair-ed of. Two ruffians, coming out of a public-house, meta man named Salmon at the door of another, whom, without any provocation, they instantly attacked. Oae of the fellows struck him with his fist, and the other, it is thought, with a pair of tongs. When down, the same fellow continued to strike him with the same weapon, until all signs of life had disappeared. The unfortunate man's jaw -bone was broken, and he was otherwise dreadfully mangled. One of the causes assigned for the murder of Salmon, who was an in offensive person, is his having lived with, and been the tenant of, Mr. Luttrell, a respectable farmer. Strong suspicions of another murder are entertained, as a great quantity of blood has been traced up a lane leading to the fields ; and as no per son could lose so much and proceed so far, it is thought that the person, whoever it was, must have been murdered and then dragged up the lane by his murderers. The police have ar rested over twenty persons, several of whom were since Jibe rated, but summoned to give evidence. It is thought, how ever, that the principals are in custody.—Dublin Mail. FATAL FIGHT.—On Monday an inquest was held at Leominster, before Thomas Evans, Esq., on the body of Ambrose Pritchard, who died in consequence of injuries he received in a pug ilistic contest with J ose ph Willi ams , on th e race course, on Friday last. It appeared the parties quar relled on Thursday night, and agreed to fight on Friday morning for fifteen shillings. Mr. J. Weaver, of Etnam street, in whose hands they had deposited the money, much to his credit, advised the parties not to fight, but they per sisted in their determination, and met the next morning ; the battle commenced about eleven o'clock, Williams being seconded by a man named Morris, and Pritchard by a person named John Jones. After twenty rounds, fought in about half an hour, the parties closed and went down, Williams falling heavily on Pritchard, who was immediately taken up senseless, and conveyed to a house ; medical assistance was immediately procured, but the unfortunate man died at eight o'clock the same night. It appeared from the evidence that it was a fair stand-up fight throughout ; the ring was praperly kept, and the seconds and spectators preserved the utmost fairness towards the combatants. To the credit of Leomin ster not 100 persons were present. Williams was deeply affected at the melancholy result, and immediately surren • dered himself to the civil power. T. J. Watling, Esq., sur geon, stated the deceased died in consequence of the injuries he received in the fight. The respectable jury, after due consideration, returned a verdict of " Manslaughter" against Jos. Williams, the principal, John Jones and Wm. Morris, seconds, and John Morris, ring -beater. Joseph Williams and John Morris have been committed to take their trials under the Coroner's warrant. The other men were not apprehended on Monday.—liereferd Journal. - _ STRONG FACTS IN REGARD TO HORSE-RACING. —A writer in the Louisville City Gazette, thus tersely pre sents this matter :—" Races, it is said, improve the breed o f horses. A n d w h at if they d i d, if they degrade the breed of men? But I doubt the truth of the position. Some few startling or stubb orn f acts are on the other side. I sever heard of races i n m w e o r td a a c r a e ute t A h rabia, yet the best horses and the best blood there. The the T h e bloodg rea t o f t he racing Godolphinstock o f Arabian. England a in nd th A e Neweo horses.uonEngland,try. from The y ha e of t trys t e h tso e fao N rh e tu w hnedpr el plough, u England gpehr, There are no races cent.horses m are ore thanivor wor t h h s southern h tn e h r i ll B in New ar i E ngland,n4 only prices i in racing sectionsorimproves of the country than their own horses . ger the breed of race horses. I was told in Vi drivers, that their best horses were brought Vi r ginia , New Hampshire. The Green Mountain horses a re the best in the country for symmetry, strength, fleetness, and en _ durance; ; yet there is no racing in New England. Ra c i ng, thud, i. s urely not essential to making good horses." Manchester is about to be ornamented with statues of the Duke of Bridgewater, Dr. Dalton, and James Watt. 20,F00 THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1 3 . 1838. PRICES OF CANALS, DOCK STOCKS, ASSURANCE COMPANIES,&c. &c. &C. - - LONDON, FRIDAY, AUG. 31. Number Dividend Price of per CANALS. per Paid. Share Shares. Annum, 1,766 7 pet cent. Ashton and Oldham....Average 97/. 18s. sh. 135 1.082 4/. Ashby.de-le-Zouch .........Average 1131. s h. 65 1,260 Basingstoke 1001.6h, 5 1,005 5/. Brecknock and Abergavenny 150 s. sh. 100 8,000 1-16 sh. 91 6s. Birmingham, 1-10th share 811. & 71!. 220 A 000 Ditto and Liverpool Junct...likel sh. 100 pd 241 600 31. Bridgewater and Taunton ....1001 sh. all pd 64 400 4/. Chelmer and Blackwater 1001. sh. 102 500 4el. Csventry 'OOl. sh. 745 4.545 Croydon 2,0601 41. Os. Dudley - slOO/ sh. 63 600 144. Derby 1001. sh. 133 20,000 4 per cent, Danube and Mayne 411.135. 4d .pd 30 3,5751 W. Ellesmere and Chester Average 1331.3 k. '7OO 77 231 461. Erewash 1001.5 h. 1,297 281. Forth and Clyde Average 4.001.165. th. 570 1,600 121. Grand Junction WO/. sh. 202 1,8491 11. Grand Union , 1001. sh 25 11,500 Grand Surrey . s ., lOO/. sh. 20 0,000/. 41. percent. Ditto (optional) Loan lOOl. C 3 3 4196 600 131.125. Bd. Glamorganshire, Average cost 1721. 38.4 d. 749 10s. Grantham s 6,T38 2/. Om. Huddersfield Average 57/. 6s. 6d. sh. 100 Kensington 100 sh. all pd. 25-328 11. ss. Kennet and Avon, Average 391.185. 102. sh. 2,9971 24/. Leeds and Liverpool 1001. sh. 5451 13/. Leicester l4Ol. sh. 1,897 61. Os. Leicester an 4 Nort nampton... Aver Is 3/. 10s. 2.400 101. Monmouthshire 100/ .sh. 150 101. Melton Mowbray 1001.2 h. 500 9.51. Mersey and !swell 1001.5 h. MOO 11. 10s. blaccles field 1001, sh. all pd. 2417 171. Neath 100/.sh. 2,400 31. Peak Forest Avei.ge about 78/. sh. 1,418 I. Regent's (or London) Aver. 331. 16s. Bd. sh. 5,669 61. per cent. Rochdale Average 851. sh. 500 81. Shropshire 1251. sh. 800 91.105. Somerset Coal 150 i. sh. 3,6004 41 per cent Ditto Lock Fund Stock 121. 10s. sh. 700 401. Stafford and Worcester 140/. sh. 500 91. Shrewsbury 125/ sh 300 91. Stourbridgo ......._................ 1453. sh. 3,647 2/. Os. Stratford-on-Avon ..,Average 791.95. 80. sh. 533 15/. Swansea 10.01. sh. 3,762 11. 15s. Severn and Wye and Railway ...Av. 35/. sh. 2,(0'148h. 321.105. Treat and Mersey, 1 share 1001. sh. 8,149 „„.•... Thames .nd Medway... Aver. 191.55. Sd. sh. " Wsh 'i 161. Warwick aad Birmingham 1001. sh. 1,0004;11. 980 151. Warwick and Napton lOO/. sh. 6,000 41.05. NVJrcest , r and Birmingham...Av.7B/.Bs. sh. 5,000 255. Wilts an Berke .. Average 67/. 10s. 80. sh. 800 31. NAI yrley and Essington 1251. sh 126 POI ti, Wey and Arun llOl. sh. DOCKS. I ' M" } 3 p c Commercial ,:ool.sh. 1,06515 h• ' East and West India ......5t0ck 3,23i,31011. 555. p.ct. London Stock Ditto Bonds 2,209 21. 19s. Bristol 611,324!. 51. per cent. Ditto Notes, various amounts 1.352,752 5 per cent. St. Katharine Stock 500,000 44 per cent. Ditto Bonds 20.000 4 per cent. Ditto Bonds for 10 years 2,500 Deptford Pier ...............-01. sh. 201. p d BRIDGES. 1,600 10c Hammer= di • 5O/. sh. 7,201 Southwark, Old ....... Av. 631. 2s Bd. sh. 1,700 11. 15s. Ditto, New, of 71 rr cent. 5O!. sh. 5,000 „, ...... Water l oo 5,000 18s. Bd. Ditto, Old Annuities of 81. 6O/. pd 5,000 168. 4d. Ditto, New Ditto of 7! 40/. pd 60,000/. 51. per cent. Ditto Bonds... ............ .. ........................ 5,848 17s auxhall Avstrage 7 01 . 108 . MI sh. ASSURANCE COMPANIES. 2,000 3110 s Albion 510/ sh. 501 p d 50,000 t 5 fn e c r , T. t i Alliance, British & Foreign 100/ . sh . 1011. pc! 50,000 6 per cent. Ditto, Marine .....................100! i sh. pd 24,000 ft per sh. Atlas sh. 5/. pd 1,200 tab. 5!. Birmingham I ire ..... .... ........... sh. 551. pd 20,000 4!. per cent. British Fire 250/. sh. 501. pd 12,000 61. per cent. British Commercial 50!. sh. 5/, pd 5,000 5/, per cent. Clerical, 51edi :al,&c. Life, 1001.0 h. 21108 pd 4,000 21 IN County ........ . .......... . .........1001. sh. 10/, pd 20,000 ss. Eagle • 5O/. sh. 51. pd Ea s n Pe d r 3o ce l n be . . Economic Lite 1 1000/. sh. 2501. pd 2,271 225. per cent. European Li t.: 2O/. ch , all pd 50,000 2s. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 2/. pd 1,000,0001. 71. per et. Globe Steck 20,000 51' Guardian lOO/. sh. 274/ pd 40,000 6s. od. H0pe............ 50/. sh. bl. IA 2,400 51. 7s. (id. Imperial Fire 5001. sh. 501. pd 7,500 9s. Imperial Lite 100/. sh. 10/. pd 13,458 4/. per cent. Indemnity Msaine...„ 100/. sh. 8/. r 4 2,020 3/ lOs Kent Fire 501. sh, all pd 3/. Ditto Life. 10,000 16s. Law Life 100/. sh. 101. pd 5 out, 10s. London, Fire 25/ sh. 121. 10s. p 0 3,900 10s. London, Ship 251. sh. 12/. 10s. pd 1,000,0001. ... ..... Minerva Life 100/. sh. 30,0 , '0 5/. per cent. Palladium Ilk. 50/. sh. V. pd 218 s 04 50,000 4/. per cent. Protector Fite 2O/. sh. 2!. pd 175 00 2,500 11. Provident Lite lOOl. sh. 101. pd c.O 100,000 ss. Rock Life 0 0/. sh. I/. pd '7 6 , 0,220/ 5/. per cent. Royal Exchange Stock... 2254 6,000 5 per cent. University Life lOO/. sh. 5/. pd 54 50,000 4 per cent. United Kingdom Life 100/. sh. 5/. pd JOINT SIOCK BANKS 05,000 8 per cent. A gric and Comm. of Ireland 251. sh. 10/. pd 5,000 Australasia 4O/. sh. 401. pd 10,,410 10 percent. Bank of Bil mingham 5Ol. sh. 101. p 4 .0,000 18 per cent. Birmingham Bank 5O/. sh. 51. pd 31,000 5 per cent. London and Westminster...lool sh. 201. pd 0.,0044 51. London Joint Stock 51/. sh. 10/. pd .i,OOO 4 per cent. Lancaster......... ...... .... ........ 1001. sh. 50!. pd 25,000 Liverpool 1001 sh. 10/. Id 100,000 74 per sent Manchester and Liverpool} District 5O/. sh. 151 pd 20,000 7 percent. Manchester 100/. sh. 251 pd 20,000 Provincial Bank of lreland 1001. sh. 25/. pa `o,' 00 National Bank of Ireland s ol. sh 174/. pd 10,000 5 per cent. National Provincial Eng. -1001. sh. 35/. pd 19,000 Gloucestershire 5O/ sh. 101. pd 6,000 10 per cent. Hampshire 50/. sh 51. pd GAS LIGHT AND COKE COMPANIES. 2,500 1/ Os Od Bath 2Ol. sh. IC/. pd 5,000 British 4Ol. sh. 101. pd 5,000 15./T.,pdehe3ent.l Ditto Provincial 20/. sh. 19 pi 928 at ao. Birmin g ham 561. sli. 0,250 210 s Bristol zw. sh. 1,500 3/ 106 Brighton 2Ol. sh. 750 31 10. Ditto, New 2Ol. sh. 181. pd 2,471 41 per cent. Brighton General 201. sh. all p 0 1,000 5/. Continental Consolidated 1,000 10/. City of London ...........„....100/. sh. nil pd 1,000 61. Ditto, New 1,000 4!. 10s. Equitable - 50/. pd 10, 0 00 24 per cent. Imperial 800 5/. per cent. Isle of Thanet 251. sh. 201. pd 8,350 61. per cent. I ndependent 3O/.Bh. all pd 9,000 31. per cent. Phoenix . 'O/. sh. 391. psi 1,000 4/. per cent. Ratclig* - 100!. sh. 801. pd 1,000 South Metropolitan 5O/. sli. 19/. pd 1,200 51. per cent. United General 5O/. sh. 401. pd 210 51. per cent. Warwick 512. sh. 400 5/. per cent Waecfieki . ""'.251 sh. 2,0 0 0 3/. Westminster Chartered 6,000 12s. Ditto New . 5t 1. sh. 101. pd 100 Yarincuth 201. sh. 1 , 1. pd WATER WORKS. 1,800 9s. Birmingham 251. sh. 251. pd 1,134 61. East London lOO/. sh. 5,500 21 lOs Grand Junction ....Average 411 13s. 4d. .h. 2,000 2/. Kent lOO/. sh. 372 101. Liverpool Bootle 2201. sh. 1,500 2/ 106 Now River London Bridge Water Annuities 6,126 1/ 15s Manchester and Salford 1,000 4 per cent. South Lonlon 1001. oh. 8,294 41. West Middlesex ....Aver.tge 63/. 12s. 9d. sh. 1,360 11 14s York Building Co. Lessee Prop lOO/. sh. IRON RAIL‘VAYS, 6,300 Birmingham and Derby .... 40/. pd 9,500 ...... ... Birmingham and Gloucester . . ........ 20/ pd 15; 00 Bristol and Exeter lOW. sh. 15 pd 660 Calcutta and Saugur 50/. sh. '2/. pd 7,500 Cheltenham and G.Western 100/. sh.'l2l/ 3,008 Clarence lOO/. ,h. 100/ pd 1 !,000 8,000 Dublin and Kilkenny WO!. sh. 24 pd 60,000 Eastern Counties "51. oh. 744 vi Grand Junction 1001. sh. 9.,./. pi Great North of England l3/. prl 5,000 Great Western lOO/. sh. 651. pd 2,000 .... ..... Hartlepool 100/. sh. 1' 1, !1 pd 8,000 Hull and Selby 501. sh. 15/. pd 10,009 Leeds and Manchester 1001. sh. 51. pd 2,100 3/ per cent. Leeds and Selby... ..... • 100 oh. 1 , 5 00 11.55. Leicester and Swaimington -.501. sh. all PI 5,100 10 percent. Liverponl and Manchester...lo( Lsh. low. pd 10 per cent. Ditto Quarter Shares " 5 / . p d 30,000 ..... „,. London and 8right0n......... . sh. I I/. pal London and Blackwell 12,000 5 5 1 . 501. sh. 3! pd 2 0.000 3 per cent. London 31111 Greenwich 2O/. sh. '2Ol. pd 25 ,000 ... ..... London and Birmingham ...100/, sh. 1)31 . I' d Ditto Quarter Shares 5/ pd London and Southampton ....50/. sh. 5 9 /. Pd Ditto ditto New 1 1 ,000 ......... London and Croydon Trunk 20/ sh. Oil. pd 6, 1 00 .. Ditto New Scrip . ...... 12,000 .... ... London Grand Junction 50/. sh. Si. pd 13,000 Manchester and Leeds 1001. sh. 20/. pd 10,000 NI inchester and Birmingham 70!. sh. 10!. pd ......... North Midland 1001. sh. 45/. pd Northe.n and Eastern 1001. sh. 15'. pd 2,600 Preston and Wyre 50/. sh. 3°/. pd 28,000 1,000 10/. per cent. Stockton and Darlington lOO/. sh. 0 .000 1,400 Westminster and Greenwich 501. sh. 2/. pa 6,000 York and North Midland ..,50 . sh. 124 pd SPORTIN G INTELLIGEN CE. 7'OTNES AND BRIDGETOWN RACES. 113 105 10'2 1001 11 TUESDAY. Plate of 50 sovs., the gift of Lord Seymour, for all ages. Heats, twice round. __ Mr. Wreford's b. c. Tory, 3 yrs, 7st. 1 Ilb Sir J. Buller's b. g. Why Not, 6 yrs, 9st. 71b 1 0 2 2 Mr. Taunton's bl. g. Mustapha, 4 yrs, Bst. I Ilb 3 2 3 dr The Ladies' Plate of 20 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 3 sovs. each. Heats, twice round and a distance. Sir J. Buller's Why Not, 6 yrs Mr. Horsley's Countess of Devon, 6 yrs The Totnes Stakes of 5 sovs. each, 2 ft., and 25 added from the Fund. About two miles. General Gilbert's King of Clubs, 4 yrs ... 1 Sir J. Buller's Percy, 3 yrs Mr. Brown's Lydia Languish, aged WEYMOUTH RACES.—WEDNESDAY. The Weymouth Stakes of 25 sous. each, 15 ft., and only 5, &c., with 30 ;sous. added from the Fund. Twice round. 10 Subs., of whom 7 declared. 31r. F. Craven's I-wish-you-may-get-it, 3 yrs, 6st. 61b., walked over. The Mountain Harriers' Stakes of 5 sous. each, and 25 added, for horses that have hunted, &c. ; heats, mile and a distance ; were won in two heats by Mr. J. Harding's gr. m. Queen of the Valley, 6 yrs, 1 1 st. 81b. (Hopkins), beating Mr. Davis's b. g. Merriman, aged, 12st. 71b., and three others. The Members' Plate of 50 soya., given by Lord Villiers and G. W. Hope, Esq., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 soya. each. Heats, _ abolit two miles. Mr. Galpine's Arctic (h. b.), 5 yrs, 95t. 51b IL Benskin 1 1 Mr. C. Finch's Mayflower, aged, 9st. 91b Mr. Squibb's br. m. Susanne, aged, 9st. 21b HEREFORD RACES.—WEDNZSD.4r. The Herefordshire Stakes of 15 sovs. each, 10 ft., and 5 only if declared, &c. Two miles and a distance. 8 Subs., 3of whom pay 5 sovs. each. Mr. Griffiths's ch. c. Lugwardine, 4 yrs, 6st. 101 b Mr. W. T. Copeland's King Cole, 5 yrs, Bst. 101 b Mr. F armer ' s b . m. Latona, aged, Bst. 811) 3 Sweepstake s of 3 s ov s . each, with the Coronation Plate of 501., added by the Citizens of Hereford. Heats, once round and a dis. 7 Subs. Mr. W. T. Copeland's br. h. King Cole, 5 yrs, 9st. 21b 1 Mr. Stevens's gr. c. Gimcrack, 3 yrs, 7st. 71b Mr. Harris's b. g. Barclay, 4 yrs, Bst. Illb 3 dr The Farmers' Plate of 50 soya., given by the Members for the County, the winner to receive 40 SW's, and the second 10 sovs., the last to forfeit 2 soya., heats, once round and a distance, was won in two heats by Mr. Vevers' br. g. Charity, aged, 12st. 51b., beating Mr. Tranter's Cholstrey, 6 yrs, Ilst. 91b., Mr. 13ricknell's br. in. Victoria, 5 yrs, lOst. 121 b., and four others. The Hunters' Stakes of 10 sovs. each, and 20 added, heats, two miles and a distance, Gentlemen riders (3 Subs.), were won in two heats by Mr. Vevers' Charity, aged, list. 815., beating Mr. Tranter's Cholstrey, 6 yrs, lOst. 12 113- , and Mr. Bosley's Rambler, aged, I2st. 101 b. STOURBRIDGE RACES. W EDNESDA Y. The Ladies Purse of 30 sovs., added to a Sweepstakes of 5 sovs. each. Two mile heats. 6 Subs. Mr. 11. St. Paul na. Miss Kitty Cockle, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b 1 1 Mr. Painter's ch. f. Patroness, 4 yrs, Bst. 21b 2 dr Won by half a neck. • The Cup Stakes of 100 sovs., by Subs. of 10 sovs. each, the second saved his stake. Three miles. 10 Subs. Mr. Fowler's ch. c. Gilbert Gurney, 3 yrs, 7st. lib ...Dodgson 1 Mr. Collett's br. g. Conservative, 4 yrs, Bst. 31b 2 Won by two lengths. The Himley Stakes of 3 sovs. each, added to a Purse of 30 sous. , free for all horses that have been entered at this Meeting. Heats, mile and a quarter. 7 Subs. Mr. Sanders na. b. f. Miss Kitty Cockle, 4 yrs, 85t...... 2 1 1 Mr. Edge's b. f. The Howdy, 4 yrs, 7st. 111 b Mr. Collett's br. f. Conservative, 4 yrs, Bst. slb A good race. TONBRIDGE WELLS RACES.-.-.WEDNESDAT. The Tonbridge Wells Plate of 50 sovs., heats, two miles and a distance, was won in three heats by Mr. Bacon's Sir Felix, 6 yrs, 9st. 11b. ( Higgins), beating Mr. Shepherd's gr. g. Jim Crow, 4 yrs, 9st. 21b ; Mr. Hadland's ch. m. Bessy, aged, 9st. llb ; Mr. Shelley's Magnolia, 4 yrs, Bst. 71b; Mr. Jackson's b. c. Woodman, 3 yrs, 7st. 11b; and Mr. Dockeray's b. c. Guardsman, 3 yrs, 7st. 11b. The Stewards' Stakes of 3 sovs. each, with 40 added from the Fund, for the beaten horses. Heats, one mile and a hal'. 5 Subs. Mr. Cassidy's br. f. Maid of Hertford, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b 2 1 2 1 Capt. Pearson's b. f. Munchausen, 3 yrs, 7st. 41b 4 3 1 2 Mr. Shelley's Magnolia, 4 yrs ' Bst. 81b 1 2 3 3 Mr. Bacon's br. m. Elizabeth, 5 yrs, Bst. 6119 3 4 4 dr This race is disputed. The Tally-Ho Stakes of 50 sous. for horses not thorough-bred, &c.. heats, one mile and a distance, list. 71b. each, were won by Mr. Armstrong's Landrail, aged (owner). FALSE CHARACTERS.—The crafty stratagems of the metropolis, aided, no doubt, by a cheaper and more expedi tious mode of travelling, are rapidly diffusing themselves over the provinces Among other knaveries, that of endeavouring to obtain situations by forwarding false characters is, it seems, becoming very prevalent. A lady of this town, re cently in want of a cook, had, among others, three applicants fur the place, who referred for characters to persons of well known respectability at a distance from the town. In each case answers were received, nominally from the parties who were to give the character, by the post, and others were brought by the would-be-cooks themselves, but written in a real kitchen hand, and in the worst possible style of ortho graphy. To refer n E cnip to the roputablic individuals men tioned (who were at once known to be entirely guiltless of such compositions) would have been superfluous; it was pal pable enough that the aforesaid ladies of the stew-pan, or their relatives, had been the authoresses of their own self praise. They were of course at once dismissed. In our opi nion, they ought not to have been so leniently treated, as a constable should have forthwith taken them before a magis trate, and procured them situations which they might not have sought, but which, nevertheless, they ce r tainly very richly deserved. One of these designing creatures said she came from Collu noon, another that she resided at Tiver ton, and the third that she had lived in the service of a highly respectable family at Bradford, near this town. --Taunton Courier. 211 24 Ski 36 1,1 MINES. 8,000 Albion Copper 5l. sh. 31/. pd 4,000 U. ss. Alten 151. sh. 121. lOs pd 1 0 ,000 .....•.. Anglo Mexican, iss. 5/. pm....100L sh. all pd Ditto Subscription .251. pa 2,000 IoL Bolanos l5Ol. sh all pd 10,000 11. lOs Brazilian Imp. iss. 5/. pm .35/. sh. 20/. pd 6,000 .... .... Macaubas 1} Cocaes United 251. sh, 25/. pd 11,000 Ditto St. John Del Rey 201. sh. 144 tpd 10,000 ..... ... Bolivar Copper Company 201. sh. 20/. pd 10,000 ......... Ditto Scrip 101. sh. 10/. pd 20,001 British Iron .......501. sh. 501 pd 6,000 British Copper 5l. sh. 41/. pd ..... .... Cate Branca 64/. i d Candonga 7O. pd io,ooo t/ Copia'. 20/. sh, 131. pd 8,500 ... Columbian, iss. 51. pan. 2.850 31. English 121 ICs. pd '20,000 ..-..... General Mining Assoclation...2ol. sh. 161. pd 6,155 ......... Mexican Company 1001. sh. 55i/. pd 3,000 Polherou Consols lOl. sh. 8/. pd 11,500 Real del Monte Unregistered Ditto Loan Notes l5O/. pd 30,000 ......... United Mexican, iss. 2 pr0.....40/. sh. all pd Ditii, Scrip Ditto New Scrip 5l pd West Cork 501. sh. 50/. pd LITERARY INSTITUTIONS, 1,000 London, with Bronze Ticket ..... ...75gs. sh. 1,500 London University 100/. eh. all pd 70 0 King' College 100/. pd MISCELLANEOUS. 10,000 15s. Australian Agricultural....loo/. sh. 261/. pd 6,000 41. per cent. British American Land Company 23/. pd 61 per cent. Canada Company 10,000 1004 sh . . 281. pd 400,000 51. per ce nt. U pp er Canai:.a Loan .............................. City Bonds, 4 per cent 20,000 1 /. 6 s. General Steam Navigation -.151 711. 141. pd 101. per cent. Hudson's Bay Stock 2,000 IL London Com. Sale Rooms Av. 75/. sh. 8,000 Caoutchouc Company 251. sh. 1211 . p d 500,000 L New Brunswick Land Company .. . ... 50/, pd 2,754 51. per cent. Reversionary Interest 50c...100L sh. 1001. pd 2,633 51. per cent. Ditto New 1001. sh. 701. pd 4,000 10,000 61. Van Die. ner.'s Land 1001. sh. 171. pd GIPSEY PLUNDER.—The following fruits of plun (11. were found last week upon a gang of gipsics, consisting of two men, a woman, end seven children, apprehended at Birkenhead, near Chester, viz. :—A pair of silver sugar. tongs, eleven ditto spoons, marked M. C. ; a ditto watch, on one side of the outside case a pack of hounds in full chase, and the death on the other; three pepper-box tops ; forty-two pocket knives, some inlaid with silver; nine pairs of silver hafted knives and forks, marked with a crested lion ; six pairs of green hafted knives and forks, silver mounted ; two new daggers, two steels, ten pairs of black hafted knives and forks, a large carving knife and fork, a percussion gun, a pistol, thirty-three ale-taps; a silver bucket, not marked; a ditto old fashioned cream jug : taenty-three printed gowns, four blue and red silk handkerchiefs ; four shawls ; a table-cloth marked M. M. Clapham ; two bolster-cases, five pillow-cases, four shirts, two bags, seven frocks, a fancy straw bonnet, fourteen blankets, two pairs of breeches, a new green body-coat, a white Canton crape shawl, a large silver ring with pearl stone, five brooches, a small silver snuff-box, sundry other snuff-boxes, a box of percussion caps, a riding saddle nearly new, and various other articles. Also three horses—one a dark brown filly, rising three years old ; a dark brown horse, aged, hind legs white ; and a light bay mare, aged, with a white blaze down her face, and a very vast trotter, and a cart on springs, colour green. Friday a man was drowned in one of the hot-baths at Portobello. He was an invalid; and is supposed to have lost command of himself in the water. A few days ago, also, we are informed, a child fell from a window in that town, and was killed.— Scotsman. LIST OF SCOTTISH COMPANIES' PRICES, AUG. 25, 1838. BANKS. 1,500,0061. M. p. ct. Bar •of 5c0t1and....... 6s. Bd. sh. all pd 1934 2,000,00( 1 1. se p. ct. liGn. of Scotland 100/. eh. all pd 1l 21. 500.000 k Sp. ct. Braish Linen Company 1001. sh. all pd 2401. 3,000,0006 61. p. ct. Commercial 5OOl sh 1006 pd 1776 5.000,000& sn. et National lOO/ sh 10/. pd 161. 2,000,0061. 61. p. ct. Glasgow Union 2501. sh. 50/. pd 861. 4,000,0006 4p. ct. Western of Scotland 2001. sh 401. pd 55/. INSURANCE COMPANIES. 250.0005 h. 61p. ct. Scottish Union 20/. sh. 1/, pd Xs. 7,500 61 p. ct. Hercules 1001. sh. 101. pd 131 15$. 100,000 sp. ct. Insurance Co. of Scotland...AU sh. all pd 91 0 s. 50,000 6p. ct. North British 2001. sh. 10/. pd 186 1,000 sp. ct. Caledonian Fire 1001. sh. 101. pd 1910 s 5,000 6p. ct. Edinburgh Life 1001. sh. 101. pd 14110 s 100,000 31 p. ct. West of Scotland lOl. pd 710 s MISCELLANEOUS. _ _. In that well-known and often visited Middleton Dale, where the towering rocks stand in such majestic gran deur, capped with forest trees and mantling ivy, the threaten ing attitude of which has often struck with the sublimest admiration and awe the mind of the idle wanderer, the care• less pedestrian, and the tasteful and enquiring tourist— amidst the crags which surround the base of one of these stupendous rocks is a narrow creek, which leads through a long, rugged, subterraneous passage into a cavern called " The Wonder," but which, owing to its dangerous and rugged path, is not often visited, but by the most enterpris ing and curious, and the most daring children of the High Peakers. Four boys of the latter description, from the vil lage of Eyam, about the age of eleven years, ambitious to explore the secret cavern and narrow windings of " The Wonder," a few days ago, provided themsalv.a with a candle, and immediately after dinner proceeded to carry their purpose into effect. Various are the reports as to the lengths of this cavern ; some asserting that it extends for several miles under the neighbouring hills. It is not often explored further than about 300 or 400 yards ; to which point it appears our youthful subterraneous travellers extended their route ; when, unfortu nately for them, a drop of water from the top of the rock ex tinguished their light, and left them in total darkness in that gloomy cavern. Night came on, and their parents began to be uneasy about their absence, and not returning home when dark ness began to cover the earth, immediately search was made for t h e m, and every inquiry amongst their playfellows; when it happened that they found one to whom it appears this scheme of exploring " The Wonder" had been communicated. Provided with lights and mining clothes, two men immediately started at midnight to seek for them, when, at the extremity of the cavern, they found the little daring creatures fast asleep, with t h e ir clothes torn, scratched, bruised and bleeding from the wou nds they had received in their attempts to make their way out in darkness. From their own account it appears that, after the light was extinguished, they made several attempts to find their way back in vain after which they knelt d own an d re peated their prayers , and then tried again without any greater suc cess ; they then prayed again and again, and eac h t i me at tempted in vain to get back, till exhaused and wounded by falling over the rugged pieces of rock which line the windings o f the cavern, and terrified by their awful situation, they sunk into sleep, in which state they were found.—Sheffield Iris. Pious FRAUD.---PLAGIARISM.--The Aberdeen Herald of Saturday last notices tho publication in that city of An Essay on Sabbath Schools, by James Robertson Reid, Honorary. Secretary to the Aberdeen Gratis Sabbath School Society, in connexion with the Sabbath School Union for Scotland," which, it appears, is a gross plagiarism from a ser mon of Principal Dewar, preached and published upwards of twenty years ago. " And not the arguments merely of Dr. Dewar," says the Herald, " carefully moulded into other lan guage—.as any plagiarist with common caution and common impudence would have done —but whole paragraphs filched, and inserted verbatim et literatim, and when disguised, which is seldom, the language of the very Rev. Principal always ruined." This serious charge is fully substantiated by numerous parallel passages from both works. This Mr. James Robertson Void is a student (as he himself say,) of all the three facul ties, and was the proposer of Lord Lyndhurst as Rector, and one of the two protesters against Lord Brougham. 4,810 ........ Edin7;;lgaSilin.eanal...so/. sh. all pd 10/. Ditto Allocated .901. sh. all pd 501. 5,400 5 per cent. Edinb. Joint Stock Water.... 251. sh. all pd 391 Carron Iron Company 2501. sh. all pd 44/, 4,0005 h 15 per cent. Shotts Iron Foundery... 5Ol. sh 4.11. pd 524 10,000 3 per cent. Edinburgh & Leith Glass 2Ol. sh. 161. pd 81. 4,500 10 per cora. EdinbutYll Co;•1 Gas ' , 51. sh. all prl (" 1 . 4050 10 pe, cent. Glas-gov.A.is 251. ph. all pct 13,11. 750 . 7i per cent. Leith C oa l G as 201.s1). all pd 48/. 1 .2 11 ...,..... Edinburgh and Dalkeith RallwaY...sol. sh 9 81 . 1." ' 5 pie Mot. Equltlibli Loan COurpao7 154 sh. pd 91 . 'IL POLICE INTELLIGENCE UNION-HALL. Two boys, named Hayes and Miller, were charged with stealing a quantity of cigars from a tobacconist's shop. The prisoners took an opportunity of entering the tobacco shop when the young lady behind the counter was in deep conversation with a young fellow who was engaged in puffing away at a cigar. One of the boys asked for half an ounce of pig -tail, and while the aforesaid young lady was in the act of weighing the article, his companion shoved his hand into a cigar -box, and having snatched up several of them ran off. He, however, was pursued and taken at a short dis tance from the shop, and upwards of twenty cigars were found at his feet. _ _ Mr. TRAIL, to the boy upon whom the cigars were found, and whose name is Hayes—You have been here before ? Hayes, who is an uncommonly ugly boy (crying)—Lord, no ; 1 was never here afore, that's God's truth. Mr. TRAILL—I know your ugly face well. You have often been at that bar, and you always begin to blubber when you are brought here. Hayes again asserted that be was never in the office before, and said that he should call his father to confirm what he said. At this moment, however, the gaoler entered the office, upon seeing whom, Hayes immediately appealed to him, calling him by his name, and saying, you know, Mr. Blythman that I was never here afore—tell the truth. Mr. TRAILL said that, with all the prisoner's ingenuity, he had outwitted himself. It was quite evident he was an old ac quaintance of the gaoler's, otherwise he would not have known his name so well. _ _ _ The gaoler said that Hayes had been there before, for petty robberies, and that he was the associate of thieves. Hayes—Oh, Lord, what a plumper he tells. With respect to the other prisoner it was stated that he was not known there, and that on that account, and the fact of his not having been the perpetrator of the robbery, the Magis trate said that a distinction should be made in their punish. ments, and that Hayes should be committed for trial. The other prisoner, in a voice sufficiently loud to be heard, to Hayes—l say, Jack, are we fully ? Mr. TRAILL hearing the words, said that the word " fully," used by Hayes's companion, showed that he was no novice in transactions of the kind for which he was brought there, and be was therefore summarily convicted, and sent for two months to the House of Correction. MOST HORRIBLE DEPRAVITY. Information was received by Constable George Barham, of Lewisham, on Wednesday last, that two boys of the name of Thornton and Robert Duke, the former being about fourteen years, and the latter eight years old, had engaged a donkey and chaise to go to Bexley, and it appeared that the charge for such conveyance was to be five shillings, and that the younger boy, Duke, offered a ten pound note of the Bank of England for change. This led to a suspicion that all was not right, and the constable immediately pursued them with a horse and fly, and came up with them at the Fox under the Hill, a beer-shop near the seventh mile stone on the Shooter's-hill road. The driver of the chaise, a man of the name of Perrin, had pulled up there for the purpose of getting change for the ten-pound note, who said to the constable on his making his appearance, you are the man I wished to see, and then handed over to him the note, and Barham took the two young vagabonds into custody. The Magistrates were sitting at the Green Man Tavern at the time, before whom the constable shortly placed the prisoners who were remanded to the following day, in order to give time to ascertain how the note came into their possession, inasmuch as the urchin Duke had stated, after he was in custody, that he was going from his mother, who resides at No. 21, High-street, Deptford, for the purpose of giving his aunt 81 , and that his sister, a girl twelve years of age, had given him the note. In consequence of this information, Barham, about eight o'clock on the same evening, proceeded to the house of the mother, in High-street, Deptford, and after considerable difficulty obtained an entrance and interview with Mrs. Duke, and made his business known to her, who, by the way. was extremely intoxicated at the time, and having a bottle of rum before her, she denied having authorised any one to take the money ; however, she was in that beastly state that it was necessary for him to make further inquiries, when she informed him that her children had robbed her of all her pro perty, and pointing to a shilling and some halfpence on the table, she declared that was all the money she bad in the world. The constable subsequently met one of the abandoned woman's children, a girl only eleven years old, in Deptford, at eleven o'clock at night, and took her home, when the unnatural parent sprang at her and would have torn her to pieces, so infuriated was she, had it not been for the consta ble's interference ; seeing the situation the child was placed in, he took her to a friend's house for security, and then, from information he received, went and apprehended the elder sister, who was sleeping in a privy in Effingham-place, Deptford. The two children complained of not having had anything to cat during the day, and the constable took them to his own house, at Lewisham, where he gave them refresh ment, had them washed, for they were in a most filthy state, and put them into a comfortable bed. On the following morning (Thursday) they were brought before the Magistrates, and a warrant was immediately granted by them for the apprehension of the mother. On the constable arriving at the house he found her sitting in the front parlour, habited in a man's shirt only, and in her usual state of intoxication, from which he conveyed her to the station-house of the R division, Blackheath-road. We must apprise the reader, that the boy Thornton, who accompanied the boy Duke, although only fourteen years of age, has been twice committed for felony; and as it was represented to the officer that Mrs. Duke was in the receipt of a large annuity, it was deemed necessary a search should be made on the pre mises. Accordingly Barham and two other officers went to the house for that purpose, especially as the boy Duke had informed the officers that he had taken the 101. note from a roll of other notes. But previously to making any search, Barham had the precaution to call in a respectable person, a neighbour, to witness and identify such property as they might discover. On entering the house they went into the front parlour, and there found behind a chest of drawers nine 101. Bank of England notes, a green purse containing 1/ 55., and in a dirty rag, in one corner of the room, nine sovereigns and a half, a beautiful silver repeater, half a dozen table spoons, and a great many other valuables. The house is stated to be splendidly furnished ; the de struction of property from the evil propensities of the widow of a most respectable man, a captain of a merchant ship, who, during his life, laboured hard and honourably to found the comforts of his wife's latter years, and the children's early care and future prosperity, were seen in such a state as it is next to impossible to describe. The mother having caused the children, in the midst of plenty, to be completely neglected, they unfortunately in their turn helped themselves, by cheating and robbing the parent ; but, as Mr. Smith, the Magistrate, justly observed, she had brought all this upon herself, by her own improper conduct, and farther, if she persisted in her evil course, her children would not only be come thieves, but the girls would be prostitutes. After much consideration, Mrs. Duke agreed that her uncle, Mr. R. Seeds, of New Town, Deptford, should receive the money produced, and pay her ten shillings per week. She was also fined five shillings for being drunk, and costs, with a promise from the Bench that should she be found again in a similar state, hey would call upon her for heavy sureties, in default of which she would be committed to the House of Correction. APOTHECARIES' HALL.--Names of Gentlemen to whom the Court of Examiners granted certificates of quali fication on Thursday :—Thomas Embling, Oxford ; Cornelius James Philbrick, Colchester ; George Crump, Albrington, Shropshire. THE CONVICT MASLEN.—Since our last, this unhappy man has made a direct confession of his guilt. He states that Mr. Rumbold never did him an injury, and that he never entertained any malice towards Mr. Rumbold; but that, being nut with a gun for the purpose of shooting rabbits, a thought struck him that he would rob Mr. R. on his return from Calne Market; and that he placed the hurdles across the gap with that object. He fired at him at the spot, but the horse on which he was riding being very spirited cleared the hurdles and galloped off; and he (Maslen) returned home another way, through a wood. We understand the man is extremely penitent, On Tuesday last the under sheriff received a letter from Mr. Baron Parke, directing the execution to take place on Thursday the 6th of September, (Devizes market-day,) instead of Tuesday the 4th, as before ordered. A petition to her Majesty, praying a commutation of the sentence to transportation for life, has been numerously and respectably signed in this town ; and yesterday morning Mr. Tanner, the solicitor who prepared Maslen's defence, proceeded with it to the Isle of Wight, for the purpose of pre senting it, in person, to Lord John Russell, through whom it will be presented to her Majesty.--Devizes Gazette. THE WHEAT MAGGOT.—Mr. Twynham, of Whitchurch, says that he first observed the wheat maggot, which has this season committed such general havoc, in the year 1828, when it occasioned a deficiency of produce in Hampshire, to the amount of one-fourth of the crop ; and that it has prevailed in a small degree during two or three subsc quent years, but nothing in comparison with the numbers now apparent, the havoc appearing to exceed that of 1828, with this counteracting circumstance, that the ears of wheat this year are much better formed and thicker set, and would, but for this unfortunate casualty, have yielded much more abundantly than for many years past. This maggot is pro duced by a small fly, of a reddish yellow body, with fawn coloured wings. The moment the stem of wheat is cracked by the bursting ear, and long before it is fairly out, swarms of these fliea settle on it, and may be seen of an evening (at which time they are most busy) completely covering the ex posed part, and introducing from their body a long tube, about the size of a fine hair, into the capsula, or, as commonly termed, the "chest" of the car, where the blossom of the wheat is forming ; through this tube, I imagine, the eggs from which the maggot is produced are deposited ; certain it is, that in about ten days, from the time these flies are thus ad hering to the ear, the maggots begin to show themselves. It will be observed, that one side of the ear is much more affected than the other, which is accounted for by its bursting the straw laterally, the other side being covered by the flag until the first part has made its appearance several days; hence the part first exposed, and on which the fly immediately set tles, being filled full of eggs, and consequently maggots, is most injured; for, as in the nut, those insects do not travel from one kernel to another, as a close inspection of the ear will prove, fine full-sized corns being found in the middle of the ear while others ere de7troyenl atove and below. By the tarry the .hole ti,,r is fairly through, which, in a sca=on like the present, frequently takes a week to accomplish, and hence the immunity of the one side from mischief. FROM LAST NIGHT'S GAZETTE. CROWN-OFFICE, Ann 31. MEMBER RETURNED TO SERVE IN THIS PRESENT PARLIAMENT BOROUGH OP GREAT YARMOUTH—WiIIiam Wilshere, of Hit, chin, in the county of Herts, Esq. WAR-OFFICE, AUG. 31. 7th Regiment of Foot—Captain T. R. Baker to be Major, by purchase, vice Lord W. Thynne, promoted ; Lieutenant G. G. Glover to be Captain, by purchase, vice Baker ; Ensign Hon. NS T - Pakenham, from the 52d Regiment, to be Lieutenant, by purchase , vice Glover, Aug. 31. 53d Foot.—Captain H. S. Phillips to be Major. by purchase, vice Butler, promoted ; Lieutenant R. Dyott to be Captain, by purchase, vice Phillips ; Ensign W. R. Mansfield to be Lieute nant, by purchase, vice Dyott; H. M. Atkins, Gent. to be Ensign, by purchase, vice Mansfield, Aug. 31. 69th Foot.—Capt. Hon. C. S. Clements, from the half-pay of the 35th Regiment, to be Captain, vice W. T. Smyth, who ex changes, Aug. 31. Lieut. H. D. O'Halloran to be Captain, by purchase, vice Clements, who retires ; Ensign W. Coates to be Lieutenant, by purchase, vice O'Halloran, Sept. 1. 76th Foot—Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Macintosh, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant - Colonel , vice E. Stuild, who exchanges, receiving the difference, Aug. 31. 79th Foot—Lieut. G. W. Denys, from the half - pay of the 15th Foot, to be Lieutenant,, vice Carter, promoted, Aug. 31. Royal Newfoundland Veteran Companies—Lieutenant A- Macpherson, from the half-pay Unattached, to be Lieutenant, vic e J. Grant, who exchanges,. receiving the difference, Aug. 31. UNATTACHED. To be Lieutenant-Colonels, by purchase.—Major T. Butler,, nom the 53d Regiment ; Major Lord W. Thynne, from the 7th Foot, August 31. To be Captain, without purchase.—Lieutenant W. Cartan, from the 79th Regiment, August 31. BREVET. Lieutenant-Colonel A. F. Macintosh, of the 50th Foot, to be Colonel in the Army, June 28th. MEMORANDA. Lieut.-Colonel J. H. Phelps, half-pay Unattached, has been al lowed to retire from the Service, by the sale of an Unattached Lieutenant-Colonelcy, he being about to become a settler in Noy South Wales, dated Aug. 31. Major-General J. Pringle has been allowed to retire from the Service, by the sale of an Unattached Lieut.-Coleneley, Aug. 31. The appointment of Major William Cowper Coles, from half' pay Unattached, to be Major in the 2d Regiment of Life Guards, on the 21st May 1829, should be, vice Hugh William Barton, who exchanges, and not who exchanges receiving the difference, as pre viously stated. The names of the Gentleman appointed to an Ensigncy 13th Foot, on the 17th August, 1838, are Frederick V an Strau benzee, and not William Frederick- Straubenzee. i n the DECLARATION OF INSOLVENCY. CHARLES HYACINTHE DUBOC, silk-dyer, Princes street, Spitalfields. BANKRUPTS. RALPH STOPFORD, hat-manufacturer, Audenshaw, Ash- RALPH ton-under-Lyne, to surrender Sept. 14 and Oct. 12 ' at eleven , at the Commissioners' Rooms, Manchester. Kearns, Red Lion square, London ; Todd, Manchester. SAMUEL BETTISON, librarian, Margate, Sept. 12, a t six, and Oct. 12, at eleven, at the London Hotel, Margate. Boys and Son, Margate ; Egan, Waterman, and Wright, Essex-stree t, Strand, London. DIVIDENDS. At the Court of Bankruptcy, Basinghall-street. H. Leah, sen., watchmaker, and S. Leah, jun., spirit merchant, Old-street, Middlesex, Sept. 24, at half-past twelve—R. Davi s i linen factor, Watling-street, Sept. 24, at half-past eleven —J. t R. Cleugh, wholesale linen drapers, Leadenhall-street, Sept. 24, a half-past one—T. J. Breeds and C. Burfield, sen., merchants, Few' ning's Wharf, Tooley-street, Sept. 21, at one. In the Country. B. Carter, lace manufacturer, Nottingham, Oct. 1, at one, a t the George the Fourth Inn, Nottingham—C. Cooke, grocer, Bir" mingham, Sept. 25, at three, at Dee's Royal Hotel, Birmingham -- ; D. W. Hall, glazier, Bristol, Oct. 3, at two, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol—J. James, grocer, Clifton, Bristol, Sept. 26, at one, at the Commercial Rooms, Bristol. CERTIFICATES, SEPT. 21. J. 0. Beckett, merchant, Compton-street East, Brunswick' square—F. Stephens, hallier, Cheltenham—C. Allen, brick make r ' Isleworth— G. Goodwin, merchant, Kingston-upon-Hull e Hayles, builder, Brighton—S. Elphick, victualler, Rosemary -lan —J. Oldham, druggist, Sheffield. PARTNERSHIPS DISSOLVED. a nd J. and G. Chapple, builders, Ashcott, Somersetshire—W. A A. Moon, cloth makers, Guiseley, Yorkshire—W. Sheph erd an d H. Sayers, shopkeepers, Ardingly, Sussex—A. J. Kopsch and Naylor, silkmen, Old Broad-street—J. Sherrington and J . Greg' son, machine makers, Lancaster—B. Peacock and Co., surgeon?' Darlington, Durham—S. Perkins and J. Wade, jun., dealers 11 .. 1 willows, Methley, Yorkshire—G. Guillonneau and I. P. B lan q ue', public notaries, Pope's Head-alley, Cornhill—W. and G. Wign e /' brewers, Brighton—J. Edwards and J. Maddock, earthenw.tfe: manufacturers, Burslem, Staffordshire—E. Willan, sen., and Willan, jun., booksellers, Liverpool—T. Rhodes and J. WilliarnS' tailors, Manchester—J. Alexander and T. Kettle, cattl e dole " " West Smithfield—J. Sutton and T. Neild, retailers of beer, LiYet pool—C. Bossley and J. Sims, carriers by water, Stroud, Gloucee tershire. EAST INDIA SHIPPING. Arrivals, Aug. 29.—The Magnasha, Case, from the CaP e own of Gold Hope, off Dover, sailed the 6th of June, St. Helenae° f Herichen, fie 2d of July ; Alma, from Batavia, in the D fir Hamburgh, sailed the 9th of May, St, Helena July 10. h, Arriva bat China (previous to April 6).—The S Y IP d; Vial, from Calcutta, with dates from London overland South B,h of December ; Sarah Barry, Evans, from New Wales; Runnymede, Weldredge; from Singapore. ous Departures from China.—The Bl a k e , Th ompso n (P Aril to the 6th of April), and the M ary , D ug d a l e , 6th ' D r - P both for Liverpool. Ships Loading at China, April 6.—The Cordelia, Creigh ton, for Liverpool, to s a il on th e 20 t h April ; Sarah Barry, Evans, for London. Arrival at N ew York.--The Roman, Benson, from China' sailed from Lintin on the Bth April. v R es, Arrivals at Ri o J ane i ro .—Th e M ar y C a therine,_ •-•/ b be June 21, from H o b ar t T own ; L evan t, C a ldwell, from t rin , Cape ; Velrcity, H a ll, f rom St. Helena • ' her Majesty's Lily, June 27, f rom E ng l an d, f or th e East Indies ; Wheeler, June 27, from Liverpool ; Harmony, from the Ca ti of Good Hope ; Louisa Munro, Duff, June 29, from Londo for the Mauritius. for Departure from Ri o .—Th e Ell e n, Kemp, June 25, Bahia. troll Arrivals at the Mau r itius.—The Mercure, April 4, • b Bourbon ; Polypheme, from Bayonne, and sailed on the for Bourbon. Departures from the Mauritius.—The Mermaid, R° e ,, b .7, March 29, for Rangoo n ; C ons t ance , M ar ch 31, for les; Ann Gales, Giles, April 2, for Hobart Town; 011 1. Loulie, for Pondicherry; Oli ve , Denniston, for Colost Tickler, Ellis, for Nova Scotia. 17/ Arrival at Singapore.--The Glasgow, Hamiltbn, Mar c " from Penang, and sailed on the 4th of April for Siam. Arrival at Madeira.—The Isabella, Dickenson, from and sailed for Calcutta. The General Steam Navigation Company's Pa ck to the Columbine, from Rotterdam, arrived off the Custom -WI " last night. Yesterday afternoon, about five o'clock, one of the labourers engaged in driving the piles at Westminster-bridge't boat his footing, and a loose log of wood at the same nwi riel l l fell upon his breast and head, compressing the body to W tne , an extent as to render his recovery doubtful. He was inlilie diately conveyed to Westminster Hospital by his fe?,°o workmen and the police, who were very prompt in provic! a stretcher, and rendering the necessary assistance. 11'15 is the second accident that has occurred at the same place do' the week. - - - - PRIZE CUP S.—Ne..T and Second-hand SIL - . PRIZE CUPS are offered at very Reduced Prices, and selectoPst may be made from a great variety, both of Sizes and Patteresv, T. COX SAVORY'S, Goldsmith, and Watchmaker, 47, Car ol' London (Seven Doors from Gracechurch-street). A She ;0 Drawings of Cups will be forwarded by post, as single litter, ' answer to a post-paid application. B . On the 13th ult., at Glatz, THS in Silesia, Mrs. A. Roth, o f A daug O hter. „l e tt, n the 26th ult., in Hatton-garden, Mrs. Charles J. ne" of a daughter. ej3 On the 28th ult., at Lark Hill, Salford, the wife of E dward lasis, Esq., of a daughter. , ens On the 28th ult., at Bromley, Middlesex, the Lady of l'e" Currie, jun., Esq., of a daughter. ___...------ lED. On the 29th ult., at St MAR Luke's R Church, Edmond Foster, l r i o s• of Cambridge, to Sarah, daughter of John B ous field,Esq.' o bury-square. On the 29th ult., at West Wickham, Kent, Thonla s mio ge t Esq., of Northumberland- s t ree t, New-road, to Eliza , Y" daughter of John Wilson Davis, Esq., of the former place. Robert On the 29th ult., at St. George's, Hanover-square, _ late Maclean, Esq., of Inverness, to Agnes, eldest daughter of the Captain Alexander Smith, f Limehouse. ED. On the 28th ult., at B r y n li D the l n, Cardiganshire, Hugh S te P bell°' Esq., late of Dorset-square London. Seed' On the 28th ult., in Earl -street, Blackfriars, Mr. John sen., aged 76. , 13e 0 0 . On the 29th ult., Captain H. Stone, of the CompanY s Military Service. the /leP. On the 29th ult., at M arc h am, B erks, M ary, w ife of of Herbert Randolph, vicar. geq'' On the 25th ult., Geo rge , fif t h son o f J o h n B en dysh e, Kneesworth House, Cambridgeshire, aged 8. ___.----- MONTHLY MILITARY OBITUAR T. General—Onslow. Il L l i a c j u o t r e -General L e l tu_eeraoli—onlLa sc l a r r o d n , \ C v . is A s l e . ll G., Corfu. via Ca' Leg. K. C. H., h. IN 1 -- vet , Captains —J. Turner, h. p. R. Mar. ; Young, late 4 : 1 '0; Bn. ; Wylde, h. p. 56 F . ; C are, h. p. Bourbon R e g. ;, I) „ P it h. p. Roll's R eg . S o l eure; C omte de Lentz b our g, , a , Reg. ; Penrice, Unatt. Motu ur or ; Lientenants--Greatorex, R. Eng , Birmingham; - ' Nvita,s - Eng., Dominica; Vyse, 2 Life ' Gds., Stoke, near d . n, 37 Cooke, 9 , Chinsurah Bengal; Betty, 35 F. ; Bre i a l te of li gr Jamaica; M`Carty, 66 F. ; Need, 89 F. ; D. Stuart , 80. Balachelish, by Appin, N.B. ; Horton, late 4 R. v V et *LiTerr" W. B. C are„ Bt. h. p. 19 Dr. ; Peck, h. P. 88 " Pio t ' 1131 Gunn, h. p. 2 Gar. Bn. ; M'Craw, h. p. Adj. of Re; j. Second Lieut. an d E ns i gns —R eeves , h. p. R. Ma r ' • h. p. 95 F. ; Porteous, h. p. 98 F. Quarter-Alas Department—De ep T a h r o t m m p e s n o tp Thompson, c .4 o D rn r .. , G G e r n e . e vir nvr . i L eh ain • CommissariatDep. Corn. Gen. W. Booth, h. p. ; Assist. Com. Ge n ' h. p., Lond on . vet. Sorg' - --- vi ll n l c e e t n li t c , a h l . D p e . p 6 ar D tm r e . nt—Assist. Surg. Grant, 4 Dr.; _ 00 4 Lsnion: Priatad and Published by 511.111D0 I' O L" i s al. 112, Strand, at The Sun 01Soe, No. 112, Siva" of kEddle‘ex.—Saturday, September 1, lefla.